¶ Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the 1grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a 2first-ripe fig which[a]I crave.
The [b]godly person has 3perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for 4bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a 5net.
Concerning evil, both hands do it 6well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a 7bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.
The best of them is like a 8briar, The most upright like a 9thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your 10punishment will come. Then their 11confusion will occur.
Do not 12trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard [c]your lips.
For 13son treats father contemptuously, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 14A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
¶ But as for me, I will 15watch expectantly for the LORD; I will 16wait for the God of my salvation. My 17God will hear me.
18Do not rejoice over me, O 19my enemy. Though I fall I will 20rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a 21light for me.
¶ I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He 22pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the 23light, And I will see His [d]24righteousness.
Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who 25said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will look on her; [e]At that time she will [f]be 26trampled down Like mire of the streets.
It will be a day for 27building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.
It will be a day when [g]they will 28come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the [h]Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
And the earth will become 29desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the 30fruit of their deeds.
¶ 31Shepherd Your people with Your 32scepter, The flock of Your [i]possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of [j]a fruitful field. Let them feed in 33Bashan and Gilead 34As in the days of old.
“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show [k]35you miracles.”
Nations 36will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will 37put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.
They will 38lick the dust like a serpent, Like 39reptiles of the earth. They will come 40trembling out of their [l]fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in 41dread And they will be afraid before You.
Who is a God like You, who 42pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the 43remnant of His [m]possession? He does not 44retain His anger forever, Because He 45delights in [n]unchanging love.
He will again have compassion on us; 46He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will 47cast all [o]their sins Into the depths of the sea.
You will give [p]48truth to Jacob And[q]unchanging love to Abraham, Which You 49swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example
Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17
NKJV says
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
NWT says
15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,
The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.
Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.
When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not
The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches
Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.
As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example: New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).
In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings: "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures." And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?
As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.
Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”
Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.
Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?
Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.
I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.
I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.
What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.
We all fall short of the glory of G-d.
Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.
Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!
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